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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Precedence \Pre*ced"ence\, Precedency \Pre*ced"en*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. pr['e]c['e]dence. See Precede.]
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of
time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or
dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable
place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of
commoners.
[1913 Webster]
Which of them [the different desires] has the
precedency in determining the will to the next
action? --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Antecedence; priority; pre["e]minence; preference;
superiority.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Precedence \Pre*ced"ence\, Precedency \Pre*ced"en*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. pr['e]c['e]dence. See Precede.]
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of
time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or
dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable
place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of
commoners.
Which of them [the different desires] has the
precedency in determining the will to the next
action? --Locke.
Syn: Antecedence; priority; pre["e]minence; preference;
superiority.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
precedency
n 1: status established in order of importance or urgency;
"...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer
of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes
priority over class struggle" [syn: precedence, priority]
2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency,
anteriority, precedence] [ant: posteriority]
3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a
ceremony) [syn: precession, precedence]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
precedency
n.
1 precedence; superiority.
2 (lb en obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
precedency
n.
1 precedence; superiority.
2 (lb en obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
precedency
n.
1 precedence; superiority.
2 (lb en obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
precedency
n.
1 precedence; superiority.
2 (lb en obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Precedency /pɹɪsˈɛdənsi/
الأولوية
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
precedency /pɹɪsˈɛdənsi/
Vorrang
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 居先;上席;优越
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